Carrying handle for containers



MW 3, W360 D, LCHER I mfiwm CARRYING HANDLE FOR CONTAINERS Filed April 29, 1955 3 2 3 521/272 L oT H6, 4 JAN/EL 35!. 0/519 ATTOENEYJ Patented Nov. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES CARRYING HANDLE FOR. CONTAINERS Daniel Belcher, Minneapolis, Minn, assignor to Bemis Bro. Bag 00., Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation of Missouri Application April 29, 1935, Serial No. 18,860

11 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in carrying handles for containers, and is an improvement over the form shown in my pending application, Serial No. 11,586, filed March 18, 1935.

An object of the present invention is to provide a carrying device for containers or paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relationmvhich comprises a m pair of elements adapted to be inserted between the folded top wall portions of the container and having a flexible member slidably engaged therewith and forming a carrying handle for the bag, the connections between said memher and elements being such that when a pull is exerted upon the member, the elements are urged into operative positions between the folds of the bag top. I

, A further object is to provide a carrying device elements having spaced openings therein, and an endless taped member being threaded through said openings and having a portion forming a carrying handle for the bag, said plate elements having portions adapted to be inserted between the folds of the closed bag top.

A further object is to provide a simple and inexpensive carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation, which device may readily be attached to the closed top of a bag, and which is so constructed that when in use, it cannot accidentally become detached from the bag top.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying drawing and will be pointed out in the annexed claims. I

In the accompanying drawing there has been disclosed a structure designed to carry out the various objects of the invention, but it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the exact features shown as various changes may be made within the scope of the claims which follow. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a closed bag top with the novel carrying device attached thereto;

Figure 2 is a perspective view to show how the side flaps of the bag top are preferably gummed before being folded into closing and sealing relation; r

Figure 3 is a perspective viewshowing the de- 55 vice detached from the bag top;

for sealed paper bags comprising a pair of plate Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing how the tape is threaded through the openings in the plate elements; and

Figure 5 is a view showing a device of slightly different construction. 5

The novel carrying device herein disclosed, and as illustrated in Figure 3, is shown comprising a pair of plate elements 2 having spaced openings or slots 3 and 4 therein, through which a suitable fiexible member or tape 5 is threaded. The 10 ends of the tape member 5 are suitably secured together by such means as stitching, as shown at 6 in Figure 3.

By threading the tape member 5 through the slots 3 and 4, as above described, the plate ele- 5 ments 2 are movable or slidable upon the tape, whereby they may readily be spread apart, as shown in full lines in Figure 4, to facilitate in- V serting them between the folded wall portions of the bag top, as best illustrated in Figure 1. It is to be understood that the side flaps 1 and 8 have only their intermediate portions secured by gumming, as indicated at 9 in Figure 2, whereby the plate elements 2 may readily be inserted between ungummed portions of the flaps 1 and 8, as shown in Figure 1.

When the plate elements are attached to the bag top, as shown in Figure 1, and a pull is exerted on the handle portion of the tape 5,'an inward force is exerted on the plate elements 2, as a result of the tape being threaded through the slots 3 and 4 thereof, as will readily be understood by reference to Figures 1 and 3. This results because the tape is loosely threaded through the slots in the plate elements, so that when a pull is exerted on the upwardly looped portion of the tape, the plate elements are urged inwardly towards each other. It will thus be seen that when the bag is carried by the novel carrying device herein disclosed, the plate ele- 40 ments of said device cannot accidentally become detached from the bag top.

The device is very simple and inexpensive in construction, and may bemanufactured at small cost. Its construction is such that it may readily 45 be stored or packed in a comparatively small space, when not in use, and may be quickly attached to the bag top, when desired. Because of the ends of the tape 5 being secured together, as illustrated at 6 in Figures 1 and 3, the plate elements 2 cannot become detached from one another, whereby they become a component part of the carrying device, so that the latter is always intactand ready for use, when the occasion arises.

Figure 5 illustrates a form in which a pair of wire elements H are used to secure the device to the bag top in place of the plate elements shown in the previous figures. Each wire element has an eye or loop l2 formed in its intermediate portion, through which a flexible cord or tape I3 is threaded. The ends of this cord may be suitably united, as shown at M.

The device shown in Figure 5 is used in identically the same manner as that shown in the previous figures. The terminals of the wire elements II are inserted between the folded wall portions of the bag top, as shown, and when the cord 13 is grasped by the hand and a pull exerted thereon, the wire elements are urged towards each other by the action of the cord, thereby positively preventing the device from becoming detached from the bag top, when in use.

I claim as my invention:

1. A carrying device for a paper bag whose top wall portions have been folded into closing relation to close and seal the bag top and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be partially separated to provide openings therebetween, said carrying device comprising, a pair of elements having portions adapted to be inserted in the openings between the folded bag top walls, and a carrying member having a sliding connection with said elements and adapted, when a pull is exerted thereon, to draw said elements into said openings, whereby they cannot readily become detached from the bag top when the container is carried by said device.

2. A carrying device for a paper bag whose top wall portions have been folded into closing relation to close and seal the bag top and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be partially separated to provide openings therebetween, said carrying device comprising, a pair of plate elements adapted to be inserted in openings provided between the folded bag top walls, and a carrying member having operative connections with said plate elements and adapted, when a pull is exerted thereon, to force said elements to wards each other, whereby they cannot readily become detached from the bag top, when the bag is carried by said device.

3. A carrying device for a paper bag whose top wall portions have been folded into closing relation to close and seal the bag top and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be partially separated to provide openings therebetween, said carrying device comprising, a pair of plate elements adapted to be inserted in openings provided between the folded bag top walls, and a flexible carrying member slidably connected to said plate elements and adapted, when a pull is exerted thereon, to urge said elements into operative positions between the folded walls of the bag top, thereby to prevent them from accidentally becoming detached from the bag top, when the bag is carried by said device.

LA carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealingrelation against the bag body and whereby said folded walls may be partially separated to provide oppositely disposed openings, said device comprising a pair of plate elements adapted to be inserted in said openings, a flexible member movably connected to said plate elements and movable with respect thereto, said member having a portion forming a carrying handle whereby the bag may be carried, and the connections between said flexible member and said plate elements being such that when a pull is exerted upon said handle portion, the plate elements are urged into operative positions between the folds of the bag top walls.

5. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby said folded walls may be partially separated to provide oppositely disposed openings, said device comprising a. pair of plate elements adapted to be inserted in said openings, said elements having spaced slots therein, an endless tape threaded through said slots and having a portion adapted to form a carrying handle for the bag and having another portion engaging the top of the bag, said tape being adapted to urge said plate elements towards each other when a pull is exerted thereon, whereby the elements cannot accidentally become detached from the closed bag top when in use.

6. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby said folded walls may be partially separated to provide oppositely disposed openings, said device comprising a pair of plate elements and having a flexible tape member slidably connected thereto and forming a carrying handle, said plate elements being adapted to be inserted into the openings between the folded bag top walls from opposite sides of the bag top whereby, when a pull is exerted on said member, the slidable connection between the member and plate elements will urge said plate elements into operative positions between the folded walls of the bag top.

7. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be separated to provide openings therebetween, said device comprising a pair of plate elements whose ends may be inserted into said openings to attach the device to the bag top, said plate elements having apertures therein, and a tape threaded through said apertures and forming a handle.

8. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be separated to provide openings therebetween, said device comprising a pair of plate elements whose ends may be inserted into said openings to attach the device to the bag top, said plate elements having spaced slots therein, and a tape threaded through said slots and forming a handle.

9. In a carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby said folded walls may be partially separated to provide oppositely disposed openings, said device comprising a pair of wire elements having eyes formed in their intermediate portions, the terminals of said elements being adapted to be inserted in the openings between the folded wall portions, thereby to attach the device to the bag top, a flexible member having a running connection with the eyes of said elements and forming a handle whereby the bag may be carried, the connections between said member and said elements being such that when a pull is exerted on the member, the elements are urged towards each other whereby they cannot readily become detached from the bag top, when the device is in use.

10. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have been folded into closing relation and'whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be separated to provide openings therebetween, said device comprising elongated wire elements having portions adapted to be inserted into said openings to attach the device to the bag top, each of said elements having an eye formed in its intermediate portion, and a cord threaded through said eyes and having its ends suitably united thereby to inseparably connect together said elements, and said cord forming a carrying handle, when the device is attached to a bag top.

11. A carrying device for paper bags whose top wall portions have-been folded into closing and sealing relation and whereby certain of said folded wall portions may be separated to provide openings therebetween, said device comprising a pair of elements having oppositely disposed terminals adapted to be inserted into said openings to attach the device to the bag top, each element having an aperture therein, and an endless member threaded through said apertures and inseparably connecting them together and also forming a carrying handle.

DANIEL BELCHER. 

